Legendaries

[Raicheot]

Do use them in your teams or box them?

I could probably count on one hand how many times I've used a Legendary Pokemon, I tend to box them after catching or receiving them and stick with my squad

 

[Sheep]

I don't use them. The games are already easy enough, so I prefer to box all my legends. They're there for collecting purposes mainly. For post-game I'd hunt for specific legends with good natures and EV train them though, but that's after the main story content has already been beaten.

 

[colours]

I feel like I've never understood the stigma of using legendaries, y'know? I get that they're mostly supposed to be trophies, and I can definitely understand that in the case of cover legends, but as far as other legendaries go? I dunno. I feel like it's pointless to keep legendaries boxed away forever without using them at least a few times in battle to make things more fun.

Although keep in mind this is applicable for post-game only. It would feel a bit like cheating if they were used in the main game only. :x But like... My Latias/Latios is a part of one of my Battle Tree teams, and I don't really see anything wrong with that.

 

[Sydian]

i mean. yeah? if i feel like it. i mean. if they're THERE might as well right? i usually try to limit myself to one but like honestly some of them aren't as powerful as you think they are. and then some just straight up aren't that great to begin with so it's not like the game gets any easier if you use them. i love regice. he's not breaking the game or anything tho so i mean. i have no problem just using him again. he's fine. i do generally stray away from box legendaries, especially in more recent titles bc they're just. way too strong lmfao. but you know, small bois and trio legendaries usually aren't ground breaking or anything so i get by with them.

although it is hilarious you can use a level 70 rayquaza in emerald to beat the game. and yes. i did do it. purely bc i could. who was going to stop me. i was Powerful

 

[colours]

also no one is going to stop me from using skymin if it's available so I mean

 

[EmTheGhost]

I love Legendary Pokemon. I find their stories fascinating (most of the time *looks at Heatran*), and I like the idea of these powerful, immortal and/or worshiped beings wanting to make friends with a trainer like any other Pokemon. I've never really had a problem with the games being too easy when using them (I find that levels are more important during the main story than the power of the Pokemon you're using), but I usually have a full team established by the time you can catch a Legendary, so I don't get to use them often. :/

The most notable exception was the Liberty Garden Victini in Pokemon Black - I used her on my main team throughout the game. Seriously, the Liberty Ticket event may have been the best handled event in the series (giving you the Pokemon early in the game, letting you catch it yourself, and coming with an interesting story), and the experience contributed to Victini being my (pre-gen 7) favorite Pokemon. Her name was Victoria. :3
I also swapped Reshiram into my team for the final battles, because destiny and whatnot. (Victoria was the one I swapped out, actually - a Fire type for a Fire type and a Legendary for a Legendary.)

I didn't know I was going to be getting a Latios in Omega Ruby, so I already had a full team at that time - I tried to rotate him and one of my party members, but it just didn't work out. I'd like to replay the game sometime and leave an empty slot. I named him Eos. (I know that's a feminine name, but it just seemed to fit.)

I played Pokemon Moon blind, but I just so happened to only have 5 Pokemon when it was time to catch Nebby - a coincidence that still boggles my mind. So, Moon-Deity-Nebby was also a member of my main team of 6, if only towards the end.

I did not use Nebbycrozma (Dawn Wings? What's that? 🙃) against the Elite 4 in Ultra Moon, despite it being my post-gen 7 favorite Pokemon; I already had to make room on my team for Naganadel (do Ultra Beasts count as Legendaries for the purposes of this question?), and anyway, it just wouldn't feel right to use experimental technology to merge two Pokemon into a new form of life and then immediately enter said form of life in a major tournament. However, I used them in the Rainbow Rocket episode (as well as Silvally and Stakataka). Forget the type disadvantage - using Light That Burns The Sky on Giovanni's Mewtwo was just the most epic feeling.

Finally, I used a glitch-obtained Mew, named Eve, in my playthrough of Blue on the Virtual Console (which was the first time I ever played gen 1). Honestly, having a Mew added a poignant layer to the story, because, as we all know, you can catch Mewtwo in the postgame. So, my character's ultimate goal in the story wasn't to become champion or defeat Team Rocket...but to reunite Eve with her child. D'aww.